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The 5 Skills That Innovative Leaders Have in Common

Harvard Business Review

When risks do present themselves, they develop plans to minimize the risk and identify where it is needed most. To develop better risk management behaviors, CEOs need to: List a minimum of eight ideas for new initiatives. Identify, document and plan for risks as part of developing strategic alternatives.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Realities of Networking

Strategy Driven

They staff committees and events, hoping to generate more leads. Just because you once spoke to their business club, attended a workshop with them or served on a volunteer committee, they keep coming back to you for free work. Leadership Programs Community stewardship – for the right reasons – is wonderful.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

I further made recommendations that future charitable requests would go through committee and that the client’s partners and key executives were better suited by serving on community boards, thus polishing their own luster. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making.